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The past couple weeks I’ve been pretty bummed about the state of the industry and the continuous job cuts at newspapers (most recently from the NYTimes, Chicago Tribune and San Jose Mercury News). That disappointment has been amplified by the growing amount of negativity and dog-fighting among journalism blogs. One that most perfectly personifies this is AngryJournalist.com. (Disclosure: Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s an interesting site and I linked to Angry Journalist earlier in the week, but what at first seemed kind of humorous/entertaining, is now just getting sad the more I read it.)
So for all the pink slip receivers or for those that hate their jobs and want a new one, grab your bootstraps and this list and do something about your situation. I know there’s a lot of hiring freezes right now but there’s a lot of resources here that could help you outside of the traditional newspaper job (if they don’t want your talent, it’s their loss). So below I’ve listed some of the best stuff from my delicious bookmark archive, including:
- 14 professional networking resources
- 14 interviewing and negotiating resources
- 25 resume resources
- 41 places to find jobs
Stay positive and keep up the good fight.
Will
P.S. If you find some busted links or have something that should be on this list, lemme know in the comments or via email at will [at] journerdism.com and I’ll add it.
NETWORKING
- 50 Professional Networks for Freelancers
- 75+ Tips on Becoming a Better Networker
- LINKEDIN TOOLBOX: Top 10 LinkedIn Tools
- SOCIAL NETWORKING GOD: 350+ Social Networking Sites
- How To Initiate Conversation
- How Not To Suck At Socializing – Do’s & Don’ts
- How to Work the Room
- 20 Ways to Use LinkedIn Productively
- How to Change the World: The Art of Schmoozing II
- Five Tips for Effective Networking
- 10 Tips for Successful Business Networking
- Networking Confidential
- Media conferences
- Free Networking Books
(Btw, feel free to hit me up on LinkedIn or Facebook, if you wanna be homies/’network’ with me.)
RESUME RESOURCES
- Resume Tips from MIT
- Resume Maker
- How to Construct a Killer Resume, From Start to Finish
- How to Spiff Up Your Résumé
- Write a resume that will land you a programming job
- Pretty in Ink: Making a Resume Look as Appealing as the Content
- Resumes: A Glimpse and a Hook
- Microformat resume creator
- Experts Offer Their Tips For Fruitful Networking
- How to Pinpoint Accomplishments That Will Make Your Resume Shine
- Resume Tips for Designers
- Give your resumé a face lift
- Resume and Cover Letter Writing Guide
- 10 Ways to Tweak Your Tech Resume
INTERVIEWING AND NEGOTIATING
- The Journerdism.com guide to online journalism job wages and job titles
- Three Nonverbal Keys to Negotiating
- 10 Killer Job Interview questions and Answers – Your Complete Source for Business Knowledge and Information
- In Hunt for High Pay, Be Specific
- Mastering the interview
- ‘Why Should I Hire You?’ and Other Favorite Interview Questions
- Managing Your Digital Professional Identity
- First Impressions Matter When Starting a New Job
- Phone Interview Tips
- The 7 Interview Questions You Must Ask on BNET
- Surviving the all-day tech interview
- The Monster List of Freelancing Job Sites
- Using the Web to Get the Boss to Pay More
- Aggregating the Best Job Boards on the Web
- Phone Interview Tips
- How to Ace Your Job Interview: 88 Surefire Tips and Tricks
- Tech Salary Negotiations
- The Ultimate Guide to Job Interview Preparation
- Rands In Repose: Ninety Days
- Negotiate with knowledge.
- Avoid These 10 Interview Bloopers
- Top 10 Tips for Salary Negotiations
- Salary Survey, Salaries, Wages, Compensation Information and Analysis
- Entrepreneur Pack of tutorials
- What I look for in new hires from the News-Record’s Editor Blog
PLACES TO FIND JOBS
- 70+ Tools For Job Hunting 2.0
- NPR : Jobs and Training Opportunities
- American Society of Newspaper Editors
- UC Berkeley job page
- Lost Remote Jobs
- Poynter
- JournalismJobs.com
- Missouri Job resource center
- Copy Editor
- Craigslist
- Editor & Publisher
- California Job Bank
- NewsroomJobs.com
- American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors
- Gaulin Media’s Canadian J-jobs
- International Association of Business Communicators
- Career Builder
- Yahoo! Careers
- JournalismNext.com
- National Diversity Job Bank
- Chicago Headline Club
- CNet Jobs
- Cox Newspapers
- E.W. Scripps
- Gannett
- Gatehouse
- Tribune
- Media News
- Hearst
- Freedom
- McClatchy
- Media General
- Daily Herald
- Lee Newspapers
- Society for News Design
- MSNBC
- Time Warner / AOL
- Media Bistro
- Flipdog
- Yahoo HotJobs
- Journalism Jobs list from Iowa
- Editor and Publisher Jobs
February 24, 2008 at 6:38 pm
great list Will! You’ve been dugg. The direct links to the job boards for the different media companies is handy. I guess the only question left is how to decide which job you want.
February 24, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Link bait-o-licious!
This is a great resource Will. Thanks for putting it together.
I should also note that Scripps corporate is currently looking to fill six positions, which include:
Product Manager, automotive and classified specialties.
Project Manager, emphasis on rapid development.
Project Manager, emphasis on innovation projects.
System Administrator, emphasis on LAMP/open source/Python/Django.
Database Administrator, emphasis on PostgreSQL/MySQL in LAMP environments.
Business Intelligence Analyst, emphasis on Omniture, ComScore, HitWise.
Interested folks can contact me directly if they want more information.
February 25, 2008 at 1:15 am
This is fantastic and a wonderful resource. I’m throwing this link at the top of AngryJournalist.com.
Oh, and thanks for the plug.
I want to say that I also share your sense of sadness. Having read all the comments on the site, it’s a depressing thing to see how many people are so angry, frustrated and downright sad because of this industry. I feel actually pretty bad for all of those who’ve posted, but I still don’t know that’s there’s any solution other than “find a new job.”
February 25, 2008 at 3:14 am
Wow. Thanks guys — a digg and a huge link! Much obliged.
Keep rockin’.
Will
February 26, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Will,
Fantastic resource. I made a blog post about this today, and I think it’s a must read for college seniors.
March 9, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Great website! Lots of useful stuff here, and presented in such a nice unpretentious voice
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One thing: the “What I look for in new hires from the News-Record’s Editor Blog” link gives me a 404.
March 10, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Thanks for the catch, Traci.
Here’s the correct link:
http://blog.news-record.com/staff/jrblog/2006/09/jan_schaefer_of.shtml
It should be fixed now too.